Improvement in boot and shoe heel burnishing machines



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Z. BE-AUDRY. Boot and Shoe HeehBurnishin'g Machine.

No. 221,954. Patented .Nov. 25, 1879;

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No. 221,954. ZP te'nted Nov. 25, I879.

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rr D STATES PATE ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE TOHIMSELF AND UDGER BELIVEAU, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN BOOT AND SHOE HEEL BURNISHING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22 1,95 1, datedNovember 25, 1879; application filed May 17, 1879.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY, of Lynn, in the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Burnishing the Heels of Boots and Shoes, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

These burnisher-machines, as well known, embrace in substance twoprincipal elements or features, to wit, a burnishing-tool arranged.either for a reciprocatory or a rotary movement, and a jack or holderfor receiving and holding the boot or shoe, so that through it the edgeor periphery of the heel can be presented to the working or burnishingface of the burnishing-tool.

This invention relates to the jack; and it consists, first, in anarrangement and construction of the jack for receiving and securing theboot or shoe in it with the edge or periphery of the heel exposed to bepresented to the burnishing-tool; second, in an arrangement andconstruction of the jack for the edge or periphery of the heel to theboot or shoe secured in it to be put into and out of contact with, to bemoved across or transversely to, and to be rolled around upon, theworking-face of the burnishing-tool, each of which movementsisindependent as to each and all the others;

third, in an arrangement and construction of the jack for an automaticalmovement of the periphery or edge of the heel of the boot or shoe,secured in the jack toward and away from the center of rotation orvibration of the burnishing-tool, all substantially as hereinafterdescribed, reference being had to the accom'panying plates of drawings,in which a of boot and shoe heels. This burnisher either has a vibratoryor rotary movement, and such movement is given to it through its shaft 0in any suitable manner; E, a bracket, projecting from post B, below theburnisher D; F, allorizontal platen, having a vertical pintle, a,adapted to turn or swivel in the bracket E, which secures the horizontalswing of the platen on said bracket.

The letter I) is a block arranged to turn about the pintle a, betweenthe plate F and bracket E, and during the turning movement of the blockit has a rising and falling motion imparted to it by a beveled orinclined bearing, cl, on the upper edge of the bracket, and acorresponding beveled or inclined bearing, 0, on the under side of theblock.

7 The raising of the platen F is occasioned by the lift of the block bas it rides upward, and the lowering of the platen occurs as the blockrides downward on the bevel-bearing d of the bracket.

The rise of the platen is against a spiral spring, f, which is confinedon the lower projecting part of the pintle a, between the bracket E andthe shoulder g of the pintle, and this lowering of the platen is withand in consequence of the reaction of such spring. This swinging block bis connected to the bur nisher-shaft 0 through a pitman-rod, h, and thisconnection is such that the block will have a reciprocatory or swingingmovement.

It, a horizontal shaft, which turns in bearings of the ear-pieces l l onthe platen F, and is adapted to a limited slide lengthwise through suchbearings; m, an arm fixed t0 the outer end, and there projecting atright angles or radially of the horizontal shaft k; n, a rod, whichturns in a tubular bearing, at the outer end of the arm m of horizontalshaft k, and this tubular bearing is parallel to the direction of suchshaft 7a. The rod a projects at each end of its tubular bearings, and itsleeve or collar, arranged to slide along the length ofthe projectingpart 12 of the rod a;

and s a rod pivoted to one side of said sleeve 1", and at the other endto a lever-handle, it, between its fulcrum a 011 the projecting part qto the rod a and its handle proper, c. This lever-handle t has atail-piece, 10, which projects in a direction to rest against the edgeof a block, as, arranged to slide in bearings at right angles to thedirection of slide of the sleeve 1" on the rod 12, and this contact ofthe block with the edge of the tail-piece w of the lever t is maintainedby the recoil or tension of a spiral spring, y, which is about theportion 2 of said block projecting from the rod n, and is confinedbetween the head a on such projection and the part q of the rod a.

The block so has a handle, N, by which to slide it to release it fromits edge contact with the tail-piece w of the lever t', and this releaseof the block 00 is against its spiral spring y.

This contact of the block 00 with the tailpiece of the lever t holds theslide-collar it against movement on its carrying-rod r in onedirectionthat is, outwardly or from the opcrating-lever t, and allows itto be moved or to move in the other or opposite direction-- that is,inwardly or toward the operating-lever, and this latter moy ement isagainst a s ral spring, 0 on the rod a, between the -collar r and theends of the tubular bear- 9 for the rod n,w'hich is toward saidslidecoiiar. d a frame pivoted at each side of the slide-collar r, andprojecting therefrom in the same direction as the rod n, on which thesleeve moves. The outer part, f of this projection of the frame 61 is atright angles to the movement of its carrying slide-collar r, and

it is shaped to make a bearing at g for the treading-face of a boot orshoe heel, and at k for the treadingface of a boot or shoe sole, andbetween these two bearings on each side, as at 70 to so expose the wholeouter periphcry or edge of the boot or shoe heel necessary to beburnished that all of such edge of the heel can be presented to theburnishing-tool without interference from the said frame, as willhereinafter more fully appear.

The several parts herein described as supported from the bracket E ofthe post B constitute the jack or holder for the boot or shoe of myimprovements in burnishing-machines for boot and shoe heels,- and theboot or shoe the heel of which is to be burnished is held and clampedbetween the bearing-faces g h of the frame d and the head or end of therod n, as is plainly shown in the drawings.

To so place the boot or shoe the lever t is first released, and then theboot or shoe is r placed with its sole against the bearing-face h of theframe 61 and its heel portion within and between the bearin g part 9 ofthe frame 01 and the rod a, when, by the lever 15, the frame 01 is drawnto bind the boot or shoe between it and the rod n, and the lever t isthen secured, as before stated, by interlocking the block X with itstail-piece.

The boot or shoe thus secured, has the outer edge, or periphery, of itsheel exposed, because of the cut-away portion 70 of the frame (1 and toburnish such edge it is presented to the burnishing'face of theburnishing-tool.

As the heel is so presented the jack carryin g it is by the operatorhandled so as to present, within the scope of its several movements, theedge to the action of the burnisher, and, under the construction andarrangement of the several parts of the jack hereinbefore described,these several movements of the jack consist, first, in a swing ofthewhole jack, through its pintle a, on the bracket E, which swing of thejack carries the edge of the heel across the plane of movement andacross the burnishing-face of the burnisher; second, in a swing of thewhole jack by its shaft 70 on the platen F, which swing of the jackenables the edge of the heel to be presented to and removed from theworking-face of the burnishing-tool; third, in a swing of the clampingpart of the boot or shoeto wit, the frame 01 and rod n through said rodit, within the tubular bearing 0, which swing or movement carries orrolls the edge of the heel from one end to the other around to theaction of the working-face of the burnishing-tool, and while it is beingso carried or rolled the lifting and falling movement provided for thejack by the vibrating movement of the block I) under the platen F,secures contact of the edge of the heel at the narrower width of theheel with the working-face of the burnishing-tool.

Under these several movements and presentations ofthe edge of the heelto the boot or shoe secured in the jack, the burnishing of such edge ismost perfectly and satisfactorily accomplished.

To remove the boot or shoe from the jack requires simply the releasingof the lever 25, and, through it, the setting back of the clamping-frame d The spring 0 on the rod n, to the sliding clampingframe dsecures an elastic or yielding pressure between the boot or shoe heeland the burnisher as the relative arrangement and construction of thelocking-block w, and the lever t, herein described, allows a movement ofthe clam ping-frame in the proper direction therefor.

Fig. 4 shows a modification of the construction of parts for lifting andlowering the jack, and this modification consists in the substitution ofa screw-lifting rod, l adapted to turn in a female-screw socket, W, forthe lifting-block b, said rod acting as it rises and lowers on theplaten F, supporting the jack, and securing the same rising and fallingmovement thereto as that obtained by the corresponding movement of thelifting-block.

The several movements herein described as belonging to the jack portionof this machine obviously are independent of each other.

The slide lengthwise provided for the shaft in its bearings on theplaten F enables the boot or shoe to be drawn out of the plane ofoperation of the burnisher.

In rolling of the edge of the boot or shoe heel around and upon theworking-face of the burnisher-tool, as herein described, it is best thatsuch movement be opposite in direction to that of the movement of theburnisher.

The clamping-frame d as herein described, is pivoted to itscarrier'slide 1'. It may, however, be rigidly attached, and otherwise itmay be varied in its construction and arrangement without affecting itsessential features-to wit, its heel and sole bearings, with the edge ofthe heel exposed.

Having-thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a boot and shoe heel burnishing machine, the combination of aclamping device for holding the boot or shoe, mounted upon a shaftjournaled in bearings in an arm arranged upon a shaft, and capable of anoscillating and longitudinal. motion in its bearin gs, a swiveledplatform carrying the bearings of said shaft, and a beveled oscillatingblock connected with the burnisher-shaft by a pitman, whereby theexposed portion of the heel may be manipulated in cont-act with theburnisher, substantially as specified.

, 2. In combination with the shaft 0, carrying the burnisher, the pitmanh, block b, the shaft 70, journaled in ear-pieces l, and carrying anarm, m, the shaft n, journaled in a bearing,

0, on the upper end of arm m, and mechanism for clamping the boot orshoe, all arranged to operate substantially as specified.

3. In a boot and shoe heel burnishing ma chine, the combination, withthe devices for clamping the boot or shoe, of an arm mounted upon ashaft capable of a longitudinal motion as well as an oscillating motionin its bearings, whereby the exposed portion of the heel may be exposedto the burnisher, and moved across and rolled around the same,substantially as specified.

4. In combination with the shaft it, having a longitudinal andoscillating movement in its bearings ll, the arm m, carrying theclamping devices for holding the boot or shoe, whereby the heel of thesame may be exposed to, moved across, and rolled around, the burnisher,substantially as specified.

5. A clamp for boots and shoes composed of a frame, (1 having heel andsole bearing parts g 7L2, which are open between them, as at W, and of arod, at, having a slide-collar, 1', to which said frame d is secured,and which is adapted to be moved on said rod and fastened, substantiallyas herein described,for the purpose specified.

6. A clamp for boots and shoes composed of a frame, 01 having heel andsole bearing parts 9 and ]L2, which are open between them, as at 70 andof a rod having a slide-collar, to which said frame 01 is attached, andwhich is adapted to be moved through a connectingrod, a, and lever t, incombination with the slide-block w, arranged to hold said lever and saidslide against movement in one direction, and to allow it and said slideto move in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

7. In buruishing-machines for boot and shoe heels, the combination of ajack, with mechanism, such substantially as shown and described, forautomatically moving the ,to and from the plane of movement ofthnisher-tool, as herein set forth.

8. The liftin g-block b, constructed, arranged, and connected withsuitable driving mechanism, and with the jack of a heel-burnishingmachine, for the jack to be alternately moved forward and away from theplane of movement of the burnishing-tool, substantially as described,for the purpose specified.

ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY.

Witnesses:

W. S. BELLows, EDWIN W. BROWN.

